Toradora! - Episode 24 Discussion / Poll

[SageGaiGar]

Err.. didn't think I mentioned where to find the raws but whops. Watching now.

[Tyabann]

Spoiler:

They're never gonna show a kiss, guys.

Apparently people on television don't kiss. Remember Clannad?

Storks bring Japanese babies instead of sex.

God damn it.

[SageGaiGar]

Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon

Spoiler:

They're never gonna show a kiss, guys.

Apparently people on television don't kiss. Remember Clannad?

Storks bring Japanese babies instead of sex.

God damn it.

So... loli fanservice, panty shots, tentacle jokes, etc is fine.

But not a kiss? O_o lolJapan.

[Fran~]

i won over spoilers...

[puppygod]

Oops. I thought that site I mentioned is of the same status as youtube, and hence legit. Sorry to the mods.

Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon

Spoiler:

They're never gonna show a kiss, guys.

Apparently people on television don't kiss. Remember Clannad?

Storks bring Japanese babies instead of sex.

God damn it.

Spoiler for Yeah:

I was so disappointed. Though I still hope that's side effect of working with general outline rather than ready material. We'll see next week.

It seems that jcstaff are really trying to squeeze as much as they can in the little screentime that is left. They even did that thing with dropping ED again.

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by SageGaiGar

So... loli fanservice, panty shots, tentacle jokes, etc is fine.

But not a kiss? O_o lolJapan.

This is fairly recent too. You used to see kisses a lot more... Maybe it's the troubled economic times.

...Although wouldn't that cause people to have MORE sex...?

[moshimouse]

Originally Posted by (o^^)-o*(x_x)*

Spoiler:

It does feel forced, and I think author might have simply done it because it was a convenient way to move the plot, at least in my view.

Also, how could anyone make sweet old Yasuko cry like this

Spoiler for Yasuko:

awww poor Yasuko i love her to death, i dont like the fact that this fights was really forced but at the same time i can understand how things can just pile up when everything is fine and dandy and just explode when things start to hit the fan

toradora defiantly has some of the best side characters though, but i still dont like seeing her cry ;_;

[aohige]

There was nothing forced.

You know, this happens every episode week after week after week, where people start making random criticisms about episode they don't even understand
then goes and says "oh after watching subs I changed my mind".

Every.

Freaking.

Episode.

Seriously guys, be patient.

[Janifuu]

Originally Posted by aohige

There was nothing forced.

You know, this happens every episode week after week after week, where people start making random criticisms about episode they don't even understand
then goes and says "oh after watching subs I changed my mind".

Every.

Freaking.

Episode.

Seriously guys, be patient.

This

[SageGaiGar]

Originally Posted by aohige

There was nothing forced.

You know, this happens every episode week after week after week, where people start making random criticisms about episode they don't even understand
then goes and says "oh after watching subs I changed my mind".

Every.

Freaking.

Episode.

Seriously guys, be patient.

But don't we have the right to make absolute statements based on flimsy evidence?

Oh wait.

[Deathscyther]

Great episode

They left some important details out and changed/cut out some pieces, but I understand that they did this because they:
A: don't have enough time to show everything;
B: were only given a basic outline of the novel;
C: are saving some things for the last episode.

Overall I think it was a good episode and I can't wait for the last one

[Tyabann]

And the usual people are complaining in exactly the way I thought they would.

To be fair, it DOES seem forced without all the characterization leading up to it, and seems forced in the source material anyway, but...

Bah, I'll reserve personal judgments for when I watch the subs.

[typhonsentra]

Spoiler:

The entire angle of Ryuuji feeling that he is a burden on his mother has been an important theme since the first scene of the first novel. It's what defines why he is the way he is. He works so hard at home making to help her. Yeah they should've incl;uded the inner monologues which state that this is how he feels but look back at previous episodes, they hint at it (19, when he first got the watch, look at his face when she tells him about it).

[Tyabann]

Hints really aren't enough here.

They really should have kept the internal monologues, in all honesty. Everything makes so much more SENSE that way.

[Kikuchi]

A really, really good episode.

Nothing was "forced" or whatever. People need to either :
- Stop watching without understanding, it won't do you any good;
- Stop watching with the novel constantly in mind. The anime being an adaptation doesn't mean it has to be a 1:1 carbon copy to be good, for Christ's sake.

[SageGaiGar]

Then we could TWO seasons worth of Toradora ^_^

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by Kikuchi

- Stop watching with the novel constantly in mind. The anime being an adaptation doesn't mean it has to be a 1:1 carbon copy to be good, for Christ's sake.

This is true, and I fully support this statement, but I would like to point out something:

Why do you think the novels were popular in the first place?

[Deathscyther]

Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon

Hints really aren't enough here.

They really should have kept the internal monologues, in all honesty. Everything makes so much more SENSE that way.

They animated what they could with the time they had. And I think they did a pretty good job

If you want the full explanation behind all their actions, then read the novels

Anyways, let's stop this novel comparison now^^

Spoiler for lol:

P.S: they actually used the Minorin running scene from the OP XD

[SageGaiGar]

Question is how to animate a *ton* of monologues? It'd more picture show than animation. Or something close to White Album's style for 'thoughts'.

Oh and amusing link there to the 'usual suspects'.

[Miles Teg]

For people who wants more pictures : http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2009/03/18/toradora-24/

The comments on the blog are funny with people who were still thinking that a MinoriXRyuuji ending was possible